Copper pipe supplier Finished goods storage and retrieval

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Customer was growing and needed more space for the growing inventory of products. They had limited floor space to utilize but were not making good use of the vertical space available. Inventory was spread throughout the plant that slowed down the process of setting up orders to be ready to ship to their customers.

Standard cantilever rack using a side loader type fork truck since a regular fork truck would require very large aisles. However, the initial cost of a side loader is approximately double the cost of a stacker crane and a stacker crane has negligible maintenance costs when compared to any type of fork truck.

One (1) 2,000 lb. Capacity integrated stacker crane and cantilever rack system #C2B-330-236-24030-8

The stacker crane system allowed maximum use of the existing space both vertically and horizontally. The system stored pipe ranging from 10 ft. To 20 ft. Long in approximately 120 special baskets while using only 2,015 square feet of floor space. The product is now centrally located, organized and because of the integrated stacker crane there is no more waiting for a fork truck to be available to pull orders for shipping. These benefits allowed for a more efficient process while saving space for the growing inventory and without the large maintenance costs associated with a fork truck.